Mohamed Salah questions UEFA tribute post for 'Palestinian Pele' Suleiman al-Obeid
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has questioned a social media post from UEFA, European football’s governing body, for not mentioning how a Palestinian footballer died.
According to the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), Suleiman al-Obeid, nicknamed the “Palestinian Pele”, was killed by Israeli forces in southern Gaza on Wednesday, aged 41.
Link to tweet
Full NY Times / Athletic story: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6545183/2025/08/10/mohamed-salah-palestine-uefa-tweet/
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Mohamed Salah, who has been studiously apolitical during his entire English Premier League career, goes in on UEFA a week before the season starts, and as he contends as a finalist for the Ballon D'or (He's unlikely to win that...I predict Dembele).
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